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BILL BLOG Monday March 31, 2025   Hello Monday morning. And welcome to the very last day of March…already. Last night we had high winds. High enough that it blew away at least one home in the Nashville area. Some rain, lightning, and thunder also showed up. Our power stayed on and we’re always grateful for that. Today we’ve got a little more rain with a high of 76 in Music City.   THE WEEKEND On Friday morning I wrote with Stuie French again of the French Family Band . Talented family to say the least. Stuie and his son Sonny are extremely good guitar players and Mom Camille is a great singer. Stuie is out on the road some too with my friend Jimmy Fortune playing shows all over the country.   I got some good news from Stuie as he confirmed that the new album the band is working on will include a Western Swing song the two of us wrote that the band is already performing in their shows “Ya Gotta Go Through Texas” (To Get to Tennessee). ...

BILL BLOG Friday March 28, 2025   Friday morning and it’s the last weekend of March is on us. Time flies. 78 and sunny in Nashville today. Our lawn got mowed for the first time this year yesterday so it really is Spring now.   YESTERDAY I had the pleasure of writing for the first time with Daryl Mosley , who happens to be the International Bluegrass Music Association “Songwriter of the Year” 4 different years. Nope…I’m not jealous.   He’s also a great entertainer and travels a lot performing shows at lots of churches and he writes songs that are wholesome and many are faith-based. He’s also an author and sells of lot of inspiring books like this one that he wrote.   And what a nice man. I think we both felt at ease with each other very quickly and finished up an idea for a song I brought with me also very quickly which gave us a chance to get to know each other. And I found out he’s as big a baseball fan as I am! And with yesterda...

BILL BLOG Thursday March 27, 2025   Thursday morning has rolled around and it’s Opening Day for baseball!   Guess who’s happy about that? 68 and sunny tonight!   YESTERDAY We had a beautiful Tuesday in Nashville. Perfect weather. I had the day off so my wife Kathy and I stocked up groceries like Armageddon was on its way. And now we’re at a point where not everything is at one grocery store. So I end up pushing a cart with wobbly wheel in not one but TWO grocery stores! Sad.   Then I got a little much-needed gym time in just to remind myself how out of shape I am. Pretty exciting Tuesday huh?   SONG OF THE DAY I thought I’d share another Jenny Tolman song today as this song “ If You Can’t Stand the Heat ” will be used on the new talent contest called “The Road” produced by Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan out on CBS this Fall. And it will also feature Keith Urban . This is a song I wrote with Jenny and her husband Dave Brain...

BILL BLOG Wednesday March 26, 2025   The last Hump Day of March is here. Wednesday is bringing some sunshine. 71 for a high today.   YESTERDAY I had an open day as my writing appointment was cancelled because my co-writer was in a doctor’s chair trying to get relief from his allergies. There’s plenty of that going around right now. My wife and daughter deal with it every year. I’m one of the lucky ones that grass, and pollen, and whatever doesn’t seem to bother. For those that do suffer?   They made this T-shirt.   SONG OF THE DAY This is a song a young female artist named Presley Phillips recorded “ Love Like This ” that I wrote with her and my talented friend Zach Runquist who can play every single stringed instrument ever invented. Zach invited me to write with her and Presley that day which is now several years ago.   Presley. wanted to write something about how she wanted a lasting love like her grandparents had for year...